Flow cytometric assessment of the postantibiotic effect of methicillin on Staphylococcus aureus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1195-1199

  Suller, M T E ^a   Lloyd, D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 CYANO 2,3 DI 4 TOLYL TETRAZOLIUM CHLORIDE; BIS(1,3 DIBUTYLBARBITURIC ACID)TRIMETHINE OXONOL; FLUORESCENT DYE; METICILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POSTANTIBIOTIC EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031981861     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.5.1195     Document Type: Article

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